Down 15 at one point, the Celtics rallied around Doc Rivers getting tossed from the game and came back to win it.
- Nothing was falling early, especially for KG.
- More sloppy turnovers - 19 in all.
- Nobody could stop Dirk (Perkins and KG tried) until Powe nearly shut him down in the 4th.
- Rondo's 2nd career triple double.
- Pierce was huge in the comeback.
Green17 and I published simultaneous game recaps. It is funny how we came away with many of the same conclusions. Here's his take:
- Paul Pierce. The "clutch-est" player in the NBA. Pierce killed the Mavs down the stretch from the high screen with Rajon.
- Rajon Rondo OWNS Jason Kidd. RR threw up a 19/15/14 triple double. JKidd threw up 3 points more than I did.
- Late 3rd, Doc got thrown out. KG got a tech and a chippy foul. After that, it was all Celtics.
- Leon Powe did a tremendous job in the 4th on Dirk. It won't show up in the stat sheet, but he played wonderful defense.
- What a win after being down 15 in the second half. The Celts can enjoy the break knowing they're in pole position for home court advantage this spring.
BOSTON CELTICS | ||||||||||||||
STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
Kevin Garnett, PF | 31 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 16 |
Paul Pierce, SF | 44 | 9-20 | 0-2 | 13-14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | +6 | 31 |
Kendrick Perkins, C | 27 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
Ray Allen, SG | 35 | 5-12 | 2-6 | 8-8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +3 | 20 |
Rajon Rondo, PG | 44 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +10 | 19 |
BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
Eddie House, SG | 14 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +7 | 7 |
Leon Powe, PF | 22 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
Glen Davis, PF | 16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +7 | 2 |
Gabe Pruitt, PG | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
35-72 | 3-10 | 26-28 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 25 | 99 | |||
48.6% | 30.0% | 92.9% | Team TO (pts off): 21 (15) |